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...Real IRA, at least, is well known to British intelligence. It is led by Michael "Mickey" McKevitt -- who, as former Quartermaster General of the Provisional IRA, knows where all the semtex is stashed. McKevitt was one of the most prominent figures to resign from the IRA Army Council last October in protest over Sinn Fein's involvement in the peace process. Short of cash and short of arms, McKevitt's men have been keen to talk other Republican splinter groups into pooling resources. Whether or not they were responsible, Saturday's blast may end up being the kind of publicity...
HARCOURT BRACE would seem to have a major p.r. headache on its hands. The co-author of one of its lead fall titles, Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery, is PATRICIA SMITH, the Boston Globe columnist who was asked to resign in June after she was found to have fabricated four columns. Harcourt executive editor Jane Isay says the firm still plans to publish the book, which was co-authored with novelist Charles Johnson and is the companion to a PBS series. "She is a wonderful writer. Her prose is riveting," says Isay, who nonetheless concedes that Harcourt...
HIRED. Penitent sportscaster MARV ALBERT, 55; by MSG Network; in New York City. Albert, who will play host on a half-hour show and call radio play-by-play for the Knicks, was forced to resign from the network last year following a lurid trial in which he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for biting a former lover...
...told the commanders--a surprising and rare admission that such a risk might exist. He praised the military and interior forces for their close coordination, and pledged that they--unlike other workers--would be paid on time. (Sources tell TIME that Defense Minister IGOR SERGEYEV had prepared to resign over the government's failure to pay his troops.) During the meeting, Yeltsin handed out promotions to three top aides: his Interior Minister, the commander of the Federal Protection Service and the head of the Presidential Security Service. But behind the coup rumors, there is a growing sense among political elites...
...Case in point: Kaiser Permanente, which posted a $270 million loss last year. This was on the heels of a sudden $291 million loss at Oxford Health Plans of Norwalk, Conn., which CEO Stephen Wiggins blamed on the collapse of his overtaxed computer billing system. Wiggins was forced to resign, but that wasn't the end of his troubles. Last week the New York State attorney general's office confirmed to TIME that it was investigating Wiggins for possible insider trading...